So I was thinking of getting a PS4. I just want a basic version. Maybe getting it off Amazon (got some gift cards from Christmas). Thoughts?

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I've enjoyed Uncharted 4 (thought not quite as much as Uncharted 2), Batman: Arkham Knight, and Bloodborne. I've also downloaded some other games I need to try. (Too distracted by Skyrim at the moment.)

Good luck. Hope you manage to get one soon. Some had said the Pro isn't that much more and is worth getting, but I trust you've thought about which one you want and why.

So I was thinking of getting a PS4. I just want a basic version. Maybe getting it off Amazon (got some gift cards from Christmas). Thoughts?

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I've enjoyed Uncharted 4 (thought not quite as much as Uncharted 2), Batman: Arkham Knight, and Bloodborne. I've also downloaded some other games I need to try. (Too distracted by Skyrim at the moment.)

Good luck. Hope you manage to get one soon. Some had said the Pro isn't that much more and is worth getting, but I trust you've thought about which one you want and why.

Pro seems more worth it now that they've acknowledged there is absolutely no reason to hold back the CPU/GPU on "vanilla PS4" games with the "boost mode". I ended up selling my PS4, but it was the better next-gen console.

So I was thinking of getting a PS4. I just want a basic version. Maybe getting it off Amazon (got some gift cards from Christmas). Thoughts?

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I have a Ps4 and while I don't think this generation of games has been anywhere near as good as the ones prior, the Ps4 is still probably the best console to own this gen, with Microsoft losing focus on how exclusive titles really are what sells a console. I love my Wii U well enough, but if you want any current gen console, the Ps4 offers the greatest value (depending on what kind of games you like) across both exclusives and multiplatform games. I own one and have no interest in getting a Pro.

As far as noteworthy exclusives that are out that I would recommend:

- Uncharted 4 was a fantastic game. Easily the best in the series since 2.
- Until Dawn was probably the biggest sleeper hit of the generation for me.
- Yakuza 0 just came out and I've heard nothing but overwhelmingly positive things about it. I picked it up last night, but haven't played it.
- Bloodborne is a must if you like the Souls games. It's basically a faster paced, most offensive oriented Dark Souls. Some consider it to be the best in the series
- Ratchet & Clank is a fantastic game. If you like platformers, this one is one of the best in recent years. It's a full 100% remake of the original, but with a lot of elements of the game updated, tweaked and changed.
- Nioh is another game I've heard nothing but fantastic things about.
- Infamous: Second Son was another great installment in the series. People bitched about it not being as good as 2, but I still think it's a great 8/10 game worth playing. It's only like 15 bucks now too.

Plus there's all the upcoming exclusives like Persona 5 (technically also out on Ps3) Horizon: Zero Dawn and then the great downloadable games like Resogun and Gravity Rush 2.

Going against my better judgement here, but I just bought a 200gb MicroSD card for the Switch...guess I'll be sticking with digital only again. The size is going to be an issue for me, as I'll be buying a bigger card later on down the line once they come out and are cheap. But since the purchases are finally tied to my account and not the system, and it being a half portable...seems right.

Still getting Zelda physical because of that limited edition. I do wonder how saves will work when I want to switch it to digital later on

Physical media all the way for me. I know the digital future is inevitable, but I've still got that collector's mentality at heart, and am loathe to buy anything other than virtual console games digitally.

The fact that Switch cases will let you bring like 8 games with the Switch easily, while taking up barely any room... that's enough to make me want to stick with physical at least for now. It's gonna be a lot easier than bringing a bunch of discs with you, or even the thicker 3DS cartridges.

So, it would appear as if new IGN accounts are finally able to post on the boards again after being locked out for what seems like months. I haven't been able to get another account up since at least October, but I've seen multiple new accounts on the Vesti today.

So maybe, just maybe, the fact that new users can finally post again and BotW being around the corner, the Zelda board might get a little life injected into it.

You'll be playing it somewhere, and someone will come up and say, "oh you're playing the new Zelda game? I just beat it. The final battle is so cool you get to fly a winged Epona into battle against Calamity Ganon, who wields lightning atop a fire-breathing Dragon. Then after you defeat him he turns into a SSJGSSJ with bending powers and transforms his dragon into a Dragonzord. You're gonna love it."

You'll be playing it somewhere, and someone will come up and say, "oh you're playing the new Zelda game? I just beat it. The final battle is so cool you get to fly a winged Epona into battle against Calamity Ganon, who wields lightning atop a fire-breathing Dragon. Then after you defeat him he turns into a SSJGSSJ with bending powers and transforms his dragon into a Dragonzord. You're gonna love it."

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What the freaking crap, people!? I said to mark all spoilers! Who said Ganon was involved!?

I really want to buy BotW, but I don't know if I want to put so much money on a console that pretty much only has one game (as amazing as I hear it is). I could play it on Wii U, but that would not be the best experience. I will probably wait until the console has a bit more games and a bit more features, such as Netflix. Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming out soon so that'll keep me busy.

I really want to buy BotW, but I don't know if I want to put so much money on a console that pretty much only has one game (as amazing as I hear it is). I could play it on Wii U, but that would not be the best experience. I will probably wait until the console has a bit more games and a bit more features, such as Netflix. Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming out soon so that'll keep me busy.

Also, hi everyone.

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Wii U version is great, take it from someone who has played both versions, I spent 25 hours with the Wii U version. The only real advantage Switch has is portability, and marginally better image quality.

I really want to buy BotW, but I don't know if I want to put so much money on a console that pretty much only has one game (as amazing as I hear it is). I could play it on Wii U, but that would not be the best experience. I will probably wait until the console has a bit more games and a bit more features, such as Netflix. Mass Effect: Andromeda is coming out soon so that'll keep me busy.

Also, hi everyone.

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Wii U version is great, take it from someone who has played both versions, I spent 25 hours with the Wii U version. The only real advantage Switch has is portability, and marginally better image quality.

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Does it have big framerate issues? Worse or about the same as the Switch?

Does it have big framerate issues? Worse or about the same as the Switch?

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Depends on if the Switch is docked or not really. The Switch doesn't miss a beat in portable mode, but it has slowdown while docked and displaying at a higher resolution.

Wii U struggles occasionally in dense areas, some towns and forests for example, as well as with heavy particle effects, but 95% of the time it's fine and steady. It never hindered my enjoyment, it was merely mildly disappointing at times.

I saw the Smash Toon Link amiibo going for $90+ on Amazon. What the hell?

So I've been playing Aria of Sorrow on the Wii U. Its a fun game and I'm almost at the end with 100% souls. Then yesterday, after item farming after 20 minutes, it kept freezing. I thought it was too much going on on-screen, but it even froze at a save point. I turned it off and restarted and the same thing. Then I reset to upload the file at a save point rather than the save state feature and tried it and it was fine, so far.

Spigel and I went out to get food, on the way we saw police cars flying past us, repeatedly.

Spigel wondered aloud why there were so many cop cars, I guessed that they were seeing a perimeter. We get to our food destination, and as I'm ordering my food I suddenly hear very loudly, "Madison Police! Get your hands in the air now!" I then see two cops 2-3 feet by me with an assault rifle and handgun in hands, pointed down the hallway to my left. They follow it with, "if you move you will be shot!"

So then everyone in the restaurant cowered under tables until the cops said it was okay.